Road-cart



(No Model.)

' L. J. LYMAN.

ROAD CART.

No. 394,705. Patented Dec. 18, 1888.

INVENTOR WITNESSES N. PEIERS. moum muyla UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEXVIS J. LYMAN, OF MANHATTAN, KANSAS.

ROAD- CART.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,705, dated December 18, 1888.

Application filed July 5, 1887. Serial No. 243,474- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS J. LYMAN, of Manhattan, in the county of Riley, State of Kansas, have invented a new and Improved Road-Cart, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my new and improved road-cart, several of the spokes of the wheel being broken away. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the cart, and Fig. 3 is a detailed sectional elevation of one of the front springs.

The invention will first be described in c011- nection with the drawings, and then pointed out in the claim.

The wheels Zaxle U, and body V may be of the usual or of any approved construction. To the axle U are secured the two side bars, A A, to the rear ends of which the ends of the rear spring, B, are attached by flexible connections C, consisting in this instance of heavy straps, which suspend the spring and permit it to swing in all directions. The body V is secured to the spring B in the ordinary manner by the cross-bar D and irons D D. The front of the body V is attached to the front springs, E, by flexible connections F, so that the body is suspended and free to swing freely in all direct-ions backward, forward, and sidewise, and is thus relieved of much jar and motion and rendered much easier riding than the common road-carts. The front springs, E, are circular, and are attached to the side bars, A, by suitable inwardly-proj ectin g arms,

A, to which the inner ends of the springs are attached, and the springs and arms A are braced from the axle U by braces A (Shown clearly in Fig. 3.) The front flexible connections, F, are connected to the outer ends of the springs E, and the lower ends of these connections are attached to a cross-bar, H, on which the front of the body V rests.

The thills J are coupled to the front ends of the side bars, A, and are held in elevated position by brace-rods K, attached at their upper ends to the thills and at their lower ends to the eye-plates L, attached to the under surface of the side bars, A, as shown clearly in Fig. 1. The braces K, where they pass through the plates L, are screw-threaded and provided with nuts a, so that the said braces may be adjusted for raising and lowering the thills or pole to any desired height to suit horses of different heights.

The springs can be attached to the body and can be suspended from suitable bearings on the frame.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The side bars, A A, placed upon the axle and provided at the rear ends with the straps C, and the spring B, attached at its ends to the said straps, in combination with the circular springs E, attached to the side bars by arms A and braced t0 the axle by braces A the cross-bar H, attached to the springs by the straps F, and the body V, supported upon the springs and the cross-bar H, substantially as described.

LEWIS J. LYMAN.

iVitnesses:

O. E. OLIN, W. L. THIoKsrUN. 

